Monroe City School Board member Mickey Traweek (right) expresses his frustration during a meeting Friday as president Verbon Muhammad (left) listens to committee chairman Rodney McFarland (center).

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The Monroe City School Board superintendent search committee meeting Friday was loud and divisive.

Committee members and the audience exchanged veiled threats as the committee continued to tinker with the basics of the hiring process. The meeting came one day after the superintendent's position was advertised for the first time.

The Friday search committee meeting to replace former superintendent Kathleen Harris ended somewhat more cordially than it began, but little real business was accomplished. The chief recommendation of the committee will move the board backward as members ...